I'm a little disappointed with the performance so far, but it might be my hardware or that I'm running Windows 8. It hasn't crashed or anything, but it feels like I'm moving through molasses, even though it's running at 40+ fps. It also doesn't seem very responsive to changes in graphical settings, so maybe it's a cpu issue?
Oh, really? I'm using a GTX 460 on a 1920 x 1080 monitor. I just expected slightly better performance given the modest requirements, but it's not a huge deal.
I'm not trying to discredit anything. I'm saying that whether or not good game stories exist, they're so few and far between (half-decades in between according to some of the responses I've heard) that it's not worthwhile to discuss what game stories are good.
When films are discussed, it's usually in relation to contemporary film. People don't compare "Lincoln" with a movie that came out 15 years ago. There's not a useful standard.
I reiterate. Since the type of storytelling in that game isn't pervasive to other games, it is not useful to compare stories.
They're crap in the sense that it is not a developer's aim to create a compelling story. I could list a thousand games which support this claim, and you would have the same dozen.
Doesn't seem the same to me, the girl on the cover gets held hostage in a bunch of pictures, but that's not the actual girl that's taken hostage in the game.
Random hot girl on a cover on a GTA game makes sense in the way that you know you will not play as her or any story will be about her.
This may be some sort of new year melancholy, but I don't think I'll need to buy any games in 2013.
Scrolling (and scrolling) through my Steam library has reminded me of just how many great must-play games I've accumulated through the past year or two of sales - I should really stop coveting and just play what I have.
Must stay away from this thread - I love you all dearly, SteamGAF, but in the words of Sir Mix-a-Lot: baby got back(log).
Missed Witcher 2 the other day though, stupidly (it'll return, right?). I should probably try FTL, too, and if a good price pops up again for Sleeping Dogs, that would be tempting as well...
Just bought Hotline Miami from Amazon (thanks to the $5 coupon). The only game I've bought during this whole sale and it wasn't even from Steam, lol.
I think the only other game I may purchase before this sale is over is Magical Drop V (and possibly Critter Crunch...). Just read another patch is in the works for MDV.
This may be some sort of new year melancholy, but I don't think I'll need to buy any games in 2013.
Scrolling (and scrolling) through my Steam library has reminded me of just how many great must-play games I've accumulated through the past year or two of sales - I should really stop coveting and just play what I have.
Must stay away from this thread - I love you all dearly, SteamGAF, but in the words of Sir Mix-a-Lot: baby got back(log).
Missed Witcher 2 the other day though, stupidly (it'll return, right?). I should probably try FTL, too, and if a good price pops up again for Sleeping Dogs, that would be tempting as well...
I haven't spent very much in dollars this year, but between the last few Humble Bundles, GOG, and Amazon sales for Steam codes, I've probably added another 15 titles to my backlog for less than $30.
Would someone be willing to get me Dark Souls from Amazon for that $12.99 price? Most I can do right now is gift a game from Steam around of equal value.
I shouldn't have wasted my money on a steam card =/
I'm a little late to this, but as been mentioned there are great examples of extremely well written stories in video games. The problem is that the bar is set so low, most games are created with the intent that story doesn't matter, because we're being trained that all video game stories have been awful, and that totally impedes progress in getting any sort of quality.
How is the port for Fall of Cybertron? I know with War for Cybertron you had to download a trainer to get the game running at 60 FPS. Is this still the case in FOC?
Oh hell there's nothing wrong with it at all. I think it's awesome. I just don't think I could ever do it, despite how many times the thought has crossed my mind.
Do you have an ATI card though? That game had major problems with ATI cards last time I checked. It never worked right when I had my HD 5870, but ran well I switched to a GTX 670
I think I'm about done. I won a ton of great games (and bought a few) during last year's holiday sale, so there wasn't a lot to tempt me this time around.
The damage was pretty minimal:
- Home
- Half-Minute Hero
- Tropico 4
Picked up MP3, I really have to beat 2, I bought it day one, and then rebought the steam version and still have yet to beat it, or even get very far into it. :/
Also, is the first Transformers game not controller compatible? It doesn't say so on Steam, almost bought it but held off, no way I will play a game like that with M&KB.
Its pretty interesting how chivalry has had multiple sales at 50% off and is currently 33% yet is still selling better than War of the Roses when its a daily deal.
Oh hell there's nothing wrong with it at all. I think it's awesome. I just don't think I could ever do it, despite how many times the thought has crossed my mind.
Its pretty interesting how chivalry has had multiple sales at 50% off and is currently 33% yet is still selling better than War of the Roses when its a daily deal.
Its pretty interesting how chivalry has had multiple sales at 50% off and is currently 33% yet is still selling better than War of the Roses when its a daily deal.
Picked up MP3, I really have to beat 2, I bought it day one, and then rebought the steam version and still have yet to beat it, or even get very far into it. :/
Also, is the first Transformers game not controller compatible? It doesn't say so on Steam, almost bought it but held off, no way I will play a game like that with M&KB.
Is there anyway to skip the cutscenes in Max Payne 3? Was looking at GiantBomb's quicklook. It just looks painful to watch. Still got plenty of time to decide on MP3.
Actually, you have until they decide to push the price back to normal once the Steam sale ends. Or you have until they run out of keys, which probably is a good possibility given the apparent widespread interest in this deal.
Look guys, I think you're missing my intention here.
This started with a discussion of whether Max Payne or Max Payne 2 has a good story.
I contend that Max Payne, like any game with attention to detail and atmosphere, tells its story through the gameplay. The rest of it does not matter to me.
Do I think making game stories is a worthwhile pursuit? Sure. Does it happen 99.99999% of the time? No.
But again, I didn't start this. My comment was merely a response to the idea that Max Payne 2 or its predecessor has a bad story.
If Max Payne's story is bad, as one side contends, then I don't see it being any worse than the typical video game standard for stories.
If Max Payne's story is good, it has very little company.
I said "Game stories are crap."
Perhaps a lazy generalization on my part, but does the medium really have the ammunition to strike that claim down?
What if every game story is good when a developer simply tries? That would, on its face, make any discussion as to the merit of one good game story versus another pointless.
It sounds like people want to call up another discussion without any consideration to the context of my original comment.
Do you have an ATI card though? That game had major problems with ATI cards last time I checked. It never worked right when I had my HD 5870, but ran well I switched to a GTX 670